We performed a comparison between Azure Backup and Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows [EOL] based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Veeam Software, Zerto, Commvault and others in Backup and Recovery."The fact that Azure Backup is integrated is one of its biggest advantages."
"I like that it's a simple system."
"One of the most valuable features is security and connectivity to the data."
"The deployment process is quite easy in Azure."
"It's useful, it works, and it's fairly reliable."
"The product is very reliable and easy to use."
"The most valuable feature of Azure Backup is the file recovery and file vault."
"I like that it's a stable solution and their support is good. I think Microsoft's commercial force is superior."
"The most valuable features of Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows are the backups, ease of use, and report manager."
"A full-featured option for managing virtual machines with an instant recovery feature."
"User-friendly data backup and protection solution for a Windows environment. The Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows is very scalable, stable, and has good compatibility and integration."
"Application awareness is very good and the speed of this solution is good."
"It's powerful and user-friendly."
"If you have windows machine at home and you'd like a backup, you can always download their free edition and plug in an external hard disk, and do a full backup of your laptop."
"Solution provides good security."
"This is a reliable system that supports Veeam backup and recovery for Windows."
"Azure Backup is limited to certain workloads. It would be helpful if Microsoft focused on enabling backups for Oracle and other unsupported databases."
"It can be further improved by continuously meeting its compliance requirements."
"The compression ratio of the backup data should be improved."
"Azure Backup could improve the backup data copies because they are not immutable."
"The extensibility onto hybrid environments needs a bit of tweaking for those on-prem."
"The length of time it takes to restore is our main source of frustration. It would be beneficial to shorten the time it takes."
"The Azure Backup support for on-premises service is limited."
"My company faces a lot of difficulties in restoring any encrypted VM backup."
"There isn't really anything I would like to improve. Maybe the solution could be more secure."
"I would like to see the capability for remote installation of third party applications added( Like installing WinRar MS Office etc..) , and Firewall for servers."
"Some customers have Oracle databases and Veeam does support back up of Oracle databases."
"The predictability of the solution needs improvement. Sometimes, if it's doing something at the back end, it may go slow. Today, the backup completion took four hours, but sometimes it can do the backup in 30 minutes or an hour. With solutions like NetBackup, I can predict to a much higher degree of certainty how long something will take to complete."
"The price of Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows could improve."
"I would like to see the ability for incremental backups and reverse backups."
"A lower price would always be beneficial."
"I've found a lot of difficulties on the initial setup and especially in terms of credentials. We really need a Window OS. It doesn't like the domain admin account. it's a primary permission issue."
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Azure Backup is ranked 7th in Backup and Recovery with 50 reviews while Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Backup and Recovery with 40 reviews. Azure Backup is rated 7.8, while Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows [EOL] is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Azure Backup writes "Straightforward to set up and manage and allows us to monitor all backups in one place". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows [EOL] writes "Functional application availability". Azure Backup is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Rubrik, Commvault Cloud, Acronis Cyber Protect and Veritas NetBackup, whereas Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows [EOL] is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, AOMEI Cyber Backup, Acronis Cyber Protect, Rubrik and AWS Backup.
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